Cold, Flu vs. Allergies in Kids: How to Tell the Difference
By late September, school is in full swing. Coughs, sniffles, and runny noses are making their way through classrooms, but knowing the difference between a cold, flu vs. allergies can help you decide when your child should stay home and what to do next. Many childhood illnesses share symptoms, and sometimes testing or an exam […]
Fall Allergies in Kids: Natural Ways to Reduce Symptoms
Fall allergies can be just as troublesome for kids as the ones that come in spring. Let’s talk about allergy triggers and how to relieve them.
Healthy Daycare Habits for Back-to-School: 3 Simple Tips
Back-to-school season is here, and healthy daycare habits become more important as families settle back into daycare routines. Lunches are being packed, drop-offs feel rushed again, and kids are adjusting to earlier mornings, new classrooms, shared toys, and more close contact with other children. If your child attends daycare, you already know what often comes […]
Childhood Eczema Rates Are Climbing: What Parents Should Know
This month marks the one-year anniversary of my TEDx talk, “Why Childhood Eczema Rates Are a Universal Alarm.” When I first prepared for that talk, I knew I wanted to speak about eczema. But not just eczema as an itchy skin condition. I wanted to talk about eczema as a signal. A signal that children’s […]
Back-to-school Checklist: Start the School Year Strong
Summer is nearly over, and it’s time to start getting your back-to-school checklist together. For some families, that means sending a child off to college. For others, it means getting ready for elementary school, middle school, or high school. Regardless of what year of school your child is beginning, now is the perfect time to […]
Foodborne Illness Prevention: Simple Ways To Protect Your Family
Foodborne illness prevention becomes especially important during the summer months. By late July, most of us have been to a cookout, picnic, pool party, or summer gathering where the food table looked a little questionable. (Think potato salad sitting in the sun.) Everyone is grazing over the course of a few hours, and nobody is […]
Simple Healthy Fourth of July Food Swaps for Families
There’s nothing more American than grilling outside on the Fourth of July, and healthy Fourth of July food swaps can make your celebration both fun and nourishing. And let’s be honest… having a hot dog at a cookout is basically part of the celebration. 😉 But one thing I always encourage families to think about […]
Microbiome Health for Kids: Playing in the Dirt and Immunity
When we think about microbiome health for kids and immune system support, we often focus on nutrition, vitamin intake, nutrient-dense foods, quality sleep, and regular physical activity. But one important piece of microbiome health for kids that often gets overlooked is simple exposure to the natural world. I love these pictures of Lauren’s daughter, Sylvie, […]
Easy Summer Eczema Prevention Tips for Kids: Swimming Edition
Summer should be filled with beach days, pool parties, vacations, and time outside—not worrying about eczema flare-ups. That’s why summer eczema prevention tips are so important for families who want their children to enjoy the season comfortably. One of our patients recently came in for a follow-up, and her mom shared something that made me […]
Briotech Skin Spray Benefits: How to Use This Summer
Many families are beginning to spend more time outside this time of year, between travel, relaxing at the pool, attending summer camps, and generally being on-the-go. And with that come all the usual things: sunburns, bug bites, breakouts, cuts, rashes, and germs. This is where I always like to think in terms of low effort, […]
